The Flirt with some good and not so good

Tyler had his follow up echo cardiogram today, and he flirted with all the ladies in the doctor's office. He flashed them his winner smile and bright blue eyes and they just loved him.

Now for the good, his aortic arch where he had surgery is looking really good and his aortic valve is still okay and not needing immediate surgery or angioplasty. They discovered that his aortic valve has two leafs and is a bicuspid instead of a mono or unicuspid as decided before. Is he growing leaflets for his valve? Prayers must work, one more to go, if that is true!

Now, the not so good is that his aortic valve is narrowing more than it was 2 months ago. The gradient on the valve was 20 at birth and is now 39-40. When it gets to 60 or 80 it is serious and requires intervention. The first year of life is the most critical because of the rapid growth of the baby, and that is when if something goes bad it will usually occur then. We go back in two months for a follow up visit and keep watching that valve.

We appreciate everyone's kindness in our lives and are glad to have our lives to share with others. Thank you for your prayers and we know they work!